Vincent v. Crandall & Godley Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Crandall and Godley Company, from a judgment of the. Municipal Court of the city of Hew York, borough of Brooklyn, in favor of the plaintiffs, rendered on the 30th day of Hovember, 1908, in an action brought to recover damages for negligence,
1Opinion of the Court
Hirschberg, P. J.:
The negligence charged against the defendant consisted in the leaving of an auto truck in one of the public streets of the borough of Brooklyn unattended. The evidence is undisputed, The truck was in charge of a licensed chauffeur, employed by the defendant, who was engaged at the time in delivering goods. It was an electric auto truck. On the afternoon of May 16, 1906, the chauffeur stopped it in front of the store where he was delivering the goods and after disconnecting the power from the machine by throwing back the controller, shutting off the power from the batteries…
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